That makes sense, I guess, if you're trying to maintain a chariot. But,
it doesn't tell us much about Yoga.
There are just a few little-bitty points that I would like to clarify
concerning the your definition. In the Bhagavad Gita, which forms part
of the Mahabharata, it is the Buddhist teaching against the wickedness
of warfare which is implicitly opposed. The Bhagavad Gita is a polemic
indicating the Hindu opposition to pacifism. Though Buddhism is not
mentioned, Arjuna's initial objection to war are couched in typically
Buddhist terms. The doctrine of the imperishable Atman is used to combat
Arjuna's scruples.
Yoga - 1. the act of yoking. 2. A system taught by Patanjali and called
the Yoga philosophy; it is the second of the two Samkhya systems, its
chief aim being to teach the means by which the human spirit may attain
complete Knowledge of Ishvara or the Supreme Spirit. 3. in the practice
of meditation it is closely connected with Buddhism. 4. in Samkhya the
identity of soul with matter.
On 11/12/2013 8:26 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos).
It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole.
---In [email protected], <sharelong60@...> wrote:
Card, I can see at least 2 ways to interpret this quote. One possible
meaning is that for the person in CC, there is the infinite Self and
the finite non Self and that duality itself causes misery. OR the
person in CC realizes that all, meaning the world, is a field of
change, misery rather than of permanent bliss.
In another quote, Maharishi translates dukham as danger: avert the
danger which has not arisen. Heyam dukham anagatam.
On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:31 AM, "cardemaister@..."
<cardemaister@...> wrote:
According to YS II 15: [blah blah blah...]...duHkham eva sarvam
vivekinaH ... everything (sarvam) [is] only (eva) duHkha for a vivekin.
duHkha 1 mfn. (according to grammarians properly written %{duS-kha}
and said to be from %{dus} and %{kha} [cf. %{su-kha4}] ; but more
probably a Pra1kritized form for %{duH-stha} q.v.) uneasy ,
uncomfortable , unpleasant , difficult R. Hariv. (compar. %{-tara}
MBh. R.) ; n. (ifc. f. %{A}) uneasiness , pain , sorrow , trouble ,
difficulty S3Br. xiv ,
Taimni: To the people who have developed discrimination (viveka) all
is misery...
So, is a vivekin at least in CC?
Is the meaning of viveka approximately the same in yoga and
advaita-vedaanta?
